ESPN, Inc. once again led the industry in Sports Emmy Award nominations, earning 50 for 2016, announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Leading the way:

SC Featured received 10 nominations (second only to 14 for the Summer Olympics on NBC), including many for various individual features and in the News Anthology category (along with E:60 and Outside the Lines)

College football totaled seven nominations – three for the College Football Playoff National Championship (Live Special, Technical Team Remote and Trans-Media Coverage for the “Megacast” which won last year), Live Series, two for Kirk Herbstreit (Studio and Event Analyst) and College GameDay for Weekly Studio Show. CGG has won the category six times, including the last three years.

E:60 garnered five nominations, two for Short Feature and two for Long Feature, in addition to Sports News Anthology.

Monday Night Football earned three nominations – Live Series, Live Graphics and Live Coverage in Spanish.

Outside the Lines was nominated twice in the Journalism category, in addition to News Anthology.

ESPN Deportes received three nominations – Futbol Picante in Spanish Studio Show and Andres Agulla for Spanish Talent, in addition to the MNF nomination above.

ESPN’s first-ever coverage of the Invictus Games received three nominations: Long Feature, Short Form Editing for the Opening Tease and in the Writing category.

Of note, ESPN’s “Storytelling Unit” – a group within production – contributed 19 of the nominations in 10 categories for SC Featured, E:60, Outside the Lines, College Gameday and Sport Science.

The winners will be announced Tuesday, May 9, in New York. ESPN has won 180 Sports Emmy Awards in 29 years of eligibility. ABC Sports won 160 from 1980 – 2008.

As previously announced, sportscasting legend Brent Musburger, who in January stepped aside from his longtime role with ABC and ESPN, will be honored with the Sports Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award.

ESPN’s 50 nominations by category (all are ESPN, except as noted):

Live Special

NBA Finals (ABC)

College Football Playoff National Championship

Live Series

College Football (ESPN/ABC)

Monday Night Football

Short Sports Documentary

SC Featured: Gift from the Groves

SC Featured: Run Hopi

Long Sports Documentary

30 for 30: The ’85 Bears

Keepers of the Game (ABC)

SC Featured: Pin Kings (ESPN2)

Serialized Sports Documentary

espnW Film Fellowship: Run Mama Run (espnw.com)

Studio Show Weekly

College GameDay (football)

Studio Show Daily

Pardon the Interruption

News Anthology

E:60 (ESPN2)

Outside the Lines

SC Featured

Sports Journalism

Outside the Lines: Hazing, The Hidden Horror

Outside the Lines: After the Fall

Short Feature

E:60 – Minneflowta

E:60 – The Last Round: Muhammad Ali

SC Featured: Inky Johnson

Long Feature

Invictus Games (WatchESPN)

E:60 – Life as Matt (ESPN2)

E:60 – The Number (ESPN2)

SC Featured: The Chicken Runs at Midnight

SC Featured: The Meaning of Miyah

Open/Tease

Jimmy V Classic

Trans-Media Sports Coverage

College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPNEWS/ESPN Deportes/ESPN3/SEC Network)